Tag: metastaticbreastcancer
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Coping is a dirty word
Livingabroadwithcancer
I was asked to write about my life – coping with cancer. I was blocked. For a good eight months, I started, I stopped, deleted, started again and stopped again. Finally, it hit me that I really did not like the word ‘coping’. Why, because midst many other thousands of swirling emotions and thoughts – Read more
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Talking to the Kids about Cancer
Livingabroadwithcancer
How do you talk to the kids about it? I get this question a lot. Like a lot. Everyone has an opinion on how much to share or not share with the kids. I think how I have approached it over the past two years has varied slightly (veering into the done well and the Read more
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Am I losing at coping with cancer?
Livingabroadwithcancer
Someone asked me if I thought ‘coping with cancer’ was a competition. I was quite indignant with my no. I mean, what are they talking about of course it’s not a competition. A few minutes later, I asked them if they thought I was losing. Am I losing? Am I coping ‘right’? Are others better Read more
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Read Here First!
Livingabroadwithcancer
A basic introduction to me I won’t wear pink but… This is the “first” post, which unfortunately is a little dry but kinda sets out a skeleton of who I am and maybe why I have started a blog and, at least give you a taste of how I write. So October is Breast Cancer Read more